Rhino News, etc.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

The Holographic Technology, and its digital fabrication system has been developed exclusively within Rhino over the past 20 years.

Simple ancient geometry drawing techniques were used to develop this interesting system based on the research of cymatics in three-dimensional space. The Sophia Construct, it's flagship, is a reflection of the dodecahedron and one example of the infinite variations of the holographic modular architectural shell structure possibilities.

Anyone over the age of 7 is able to learn this very simple construction technology with the help of Rhino. All of the models, files and pictures can be downloaded from here to print or laser cut under the conditions of a reflective payment.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Are you developing something with Rhino? If you are working on a Rhino Plugin, Grasshopper Add-on, Python script, or anything to do with Rhino’s development tools, join us at McNeel EU on the last Wednesday of each month to discuss your idea or work in progress development projects. These informal sessions are meant for asking development questions and to get solutions for any roadblocks you might be facing in your development progress.The first session will take place on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 at the McNeel Europe offices in Barcelona at Carrer Roger De Flor 32-34.Attendance is free, but you must register prior to attending the sessions.

Seanaptic for Rhino allows naval architects to model parametric ship structures with extreme efficiency.Seanaptic 3.0 is now available, with dozens of improvements and new features, including a 3D Components Management module for Weight Tracking of all items on board, meant to replace spreadsheets and other table tools with parametric linked 3D representations. There's a 90 days free trial available and a free version for students and universities.

Enjoy the following generative design & engineering tools for Swarovski components in Rhino, now available for both Rhino 5 & 6:

Accurate component geometries & real-world manufacturing data such as preset tolerances & security distances, allowing for precise placement, integration & modification of crystal components, all of which can be adjusted in accordance to your production parameters.

Friday, March 15, 2019

Keera Sistem Indonesiawill be at IndoBuildTech Expo 2019 at ICE BSD Tangerang next week. IndoBuildTech Expo is Southeast Asia's largest building and interiors exhibition. Keera will be hosting the first-ever Rhino User Group Meetup in Indonesia while at the Expo!

Thursday, March 14, 2019

MECSPE2019 is the leading event for industry 4.0 manufacturing.
Visit the Cimsystem booth (Hall 3 - Stand F26) to
learn more about RhinoNC, the most complete CAM solution perfectly integrated
into Rhinoceros which can generate continuous toolpaths from 2,5 axis to 5 axis.

The Master Parametric Design in Architectureof UPCSchool in Barcelona is a unique opportunity to critically review computational design towards a more challenging and self-demanding commitment to environmental constraints.

MPDA focuses in:

Design and optimization of lightweight building systems, mainly through form-finding processes, including tensile architecture

Generation of efficient form by efficient means: guiding computational thinking and tools to the simplification of processes and material efficiency

Integration with professional workflows and industrial standards, although keeping a wide space for experimentation, research and industry oriented innovation

It's taught in English at the UPC Barcelona Metropolitan School of Architecture where its Model Workshop, Digital Laboratory and Technology, and Innovation Research Team CODA support students to explore all the possibilities of parametric design. Students will benefit of a Rhinoceros license during the master, apart from the intensive workshops on specific plugins sometimes with their own creators (Kangaroo, Wallacei, Octopus, Karamba, K2Eng, Kiwi3d, Millipede, Honeybee, among others). The program is well known for the intense series of lectures and workshops with international leading experts on computation and construction.

SEATEC,
the exhibition of technology, components, design and subcontracting applied to
yachting, conceived and organized by IMM CarraraFiere, reaches its 17th edition
on April 3-5, 2019.

NDAR
will exhibit at SEATEC 2019 at two booths: D857 and E1107. Visitors will have the
chance to learn about the latest updates and new features of leading marine
software products such as ShipConstructor, Express Marine, GHS, MAESTRO,
NavCad, ShipWeight, Orca3D & Orca3D CFD, AutoFEM, and Rhino.

We’d like to introduce V-Ray Next for Rhino, the first smart renderer made for designers. V-Ray becomes project control center and expands capabilities of Rhino and Grasshopper with photorealistic rendering, scene intelligence and asset management.V-Ray Next is faster everywhere you look. Thanks to the optimized materials and overall performance gains in V-Ray Next, rendering speeds are now up to 50 percent faster than before. Improvements to GPU rendering offer another 200 percent, further extended through V-Ray Scene Intelligence, which can show specific improvements up to 7x.V-Ray Scene Intelligence, introduced in V-Ray Next, automatically analyzes a 3D scene at the start of a render to optimize some of the most common decisions a designer will make. For instance, the new Adaptive Dome Light (ADL) now offers more accurate, image-based environment lighting that’s up to 7x faster. This is especially helpful for interiors, where it removes the need to add separate light portals at windows and openings.V-Ray Scene Intelligence has also improved the V-Ray camera, which can now set exposure and white balance automatically, allowing for picture-perfect renders every time. No-input denoising is also available through the new NVIDIA AI denoiser, which eliminates image noise almost instantly, giving an immediate sense of lighting. This type of denoising is perfect for interactively fine-tuning the look of a scene.Powerful Asset ManagementThe new asset management system acts as a new project control center, helping designers streamline workflows and coordinate across projects. Now, you can manage all of their V-Ray scene assets in an intuitive way, and use the live preview function to fine-tune the look of lights, textures and materials from a central location.Unparalleled Grasshopper SupportV-Ray Next for Rhino launches with the most comprehensive Grasshopper toolset on the market, bringing new abilities to the parametric design tool. With live interactivity, designers can use V-Ray from within Grasshopper to produce stunning visualizations of abstract curves and repeating patterns, without exporting anything back to Rhino. Users can also now animate sunlight, cameras and Grasshopper definitions from the V-Ray timeline. Definitions stay parametric throughout the rendering process, in both Grasshopper and Rhino.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

AA Istanbul Visiting School, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University, is a unique learning and making experience. The programme continues to build on its expertise on generative design methodologies and large-scale prototyping techniques from previous years, while bringing together a range of experts from internationally acclaimed academic institutions and practices, Architectural Association, Zaha Hadid Architects, among others.

AA Istanbul Visiting School investigates the inherent associations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of innovative design and fabrication techniques. The key objective of the programme is the design and fabrication of a 1:1 scale prototype realized using robotic fabrication techniques.

Applications

The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £695 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting Membership fee. Please contact the AA Visiting School Coordinatorfor more details.

The deadline for applications is 27 May 2019. No portfolio or CV, the only requirement is the online application form and fees. The online application can be reached here.

Resulting
from the collaboration between the Architecture Departments of Innsbruck University and the University of Nicosia, the MSc in Computational Design and
Digital Fabrication investigates the relationship between computational tools
and architectural design. It focuses on programming languages as the basis of
computational design methods and digital fabrication tools, in an effort to
attain a coherent understanding of the relationship between coding, design
intent and built form.

The
programme objective is to offer prospective participants the opportunity to
develop computational design skills and hands-on cutting-edge fabrication techniques,
while acquiring mature analytical thinking on the theory and applications of
computational tools in architecture along with creative problem-solving working
methods.

The
program is based on a Distance Learning Structure and will be using Rhino and
Grasshopper extensively.

Instructors: Steve Baer, Robert McNeel & AssociatesWill Pearson, Robert McNeel & AssociatesLearn how to use Rhino and Grasshopper's functionality from anywhere software can run with Internet access. This will include writing both standard applications and browser based applications that use compute.rhino3dto perform advanced geometry calculations.

Other workshops

Building .Net Integrations: Want to get more out of Grasshopper?

Building Web Applications: Tie together web interface with calls to an external server.

Master classes are being offered on Friday, March 29th from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Master classes are designed to teach participants new skills and build on existing ones that can be immediately applied to the AEC Hackathon.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Come and see the latest on 3-D Modeling and Form Finding withRhinoandGrasshopper during a free presentation by the director of RhinoFabStudio, Andres Gonzalez. In this presentation, he will show some basic processes, as well as a few advanced tricks for modeling complex free-form shapes in Rhino, and an introduction to generative data-driven design with Grasshopper.

What is RhinoFabStudio?A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer-controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.

humARCH poses the notion of computational simulations as an appropriate and integrated method to explore human-space interactions prior to the building construction and in order to support an evidence-based architectural design process that moves beyond intuition, in the topics of daylighting and wayfinding.

During an intense 5-day program, students would gain theoretical input and engage in independent learning, group work and exposure to state-of-the-art industry and research-based simulation tools.

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Have you heard? CORE studio at Thornton Tomasetti has announced that they are bringing their AEC Tech 2019: West Coast Hackathon to Seattle for the first time! You don't want to miss this!Dates: March 29-31, 2019Location: UW Center for Education & Research in Construction (map)AEC Tech 2019: Seattle will be a three-day event featuring a day of master classes by industry professionals, a mini-symposium, and a 26-hour hackathon! The goal is to produce a space for creative minds to build new technology, learn skills, and foster connections with like-minded individuals.

Master classes are being offered on Friday, March 29th from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Master classes are designed to teach participants new skills and build on existing ones that can be immediately applied to the Hackathon. A Mini-Symposium featuring talks from local professionals on current updates in the industry will conclude the day's event.The Hackathon will take place from Saturday, March 30th to Sunday, March 31st. Team formations will begin on Friday, March 29th at 5:30 pm and project pitches will happen the same day at 12:00pm and 5:30pm. AEC Tech Hackathon is an event for all levels of programmers, developers, engineers, architects, and others, additionally, it is aimed for attendees to collaborate, network, build new relationships, and generate new ideas and processes for the AEC community.

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Daniel Edmiston and Mark Joynson – Structural Engineers | Building Engineering | ArupThe second Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting of 2019 will take place at Arup’s Manchester offices, on April 4.The meetings follows a simple format of at least one presentation from a customer with experience in this field, followed by group discussion and informal pleasantries.Confirmed presenters are the hosts, Arup, and architects Bauman Lyons.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A 3D modeled Tlingit paddle. The perfect marriage of culture and technology.Mike Vieira, the Design and Fabrication instructor at Sitka High, has co-developed a paddle carving project, with Charlie Skultka Jr., a traditional arts instructor with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.Sitka High School's paddle carving projects were designed in Rhino, tool pathed in Aspire, and manufactured on a ShopBot.

It's an example of evolving art and sustaining the culture of the Tlingit people.

AA Visiting School Dubai 5.0In5 Design, Hai d3, Dubai Design DistrictFriday 29 March – Saturday 6 April 2019 AAVS DXB (AA Visiting School Dubai) continues to explore boundaries of innovative technologies in the search for novel tectonics, contextual to the Middle East. The fifth edition of the workshop will advance the findings of the previous one, exploring Additive Manufacturing as means to seed exciting, sustainable constructions. The groups will examine generating, testing and constructing components of the scaled constructions in light of the principles of ‘Stereotomy’, the art and science of cutting 3D solids into particular shapes, to enable the assembly of structurally stable structures.

Throughout an experimental design process, AAVSDXB will arm participants with the core skills in generative design, digital manufacturing, and visualization. The workshop will elucidate the future of high-performance environments and form-making and will conclude with project presentations and an exhibition of outcomes.

McNeel Europe invites Long Nguyen- research associate at ICD Stuttgart for two Python workshops this April 8-9/ 10-12. Python is an increasingly popular programming language that has been widely used in many fields, from 3D modeling, web programming, to scientific computing, artificial intelligence, etc.

Its simple and clean syntax makes it very accessible to beginners. Rhino and Grasshopper officially support Python, allowing the users to programmatically access its powerful 3D modeling environment, including all essential features of its advanced NURBS engine. This opens up many new exciting possibilities, such as

Understand the pros and cons of using RhinoScriptSyntax vs. RhinoCommon

Working with RhinoCommon geometry: Curve, Mesh, Surface, Brep

Object-oriented programming in Python

Randomness

Generating and editing texts

Reading/writing files

Working with DataTree using Python

Global Sticky Variables

Using Python with Grasshopper timer

Course fees:
Python level 1: EUR 495,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers will get a 50% discount (proof of status required).
Python level 2: EUR 795,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers will get a 50% discount (proof of status required).

Special offer for both courses: EUR 1195,- (+VAT)Please note your seat is only confirmed once payment has cleared.

Max. number of participants for each course: 10. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before.

Course language: English

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe here!

This 3-hour workshop will introduce you to the main tools VisualARQadds to Rhino for developing an architectural project, producing the 2D documentation drawings and delivering a BIM model for other AEC applications.What will you learn?

How to work with parametric architectural objects

The Level and Section manager that let you work and organize the model at different levels and sections

How to produce 2D drawings from the 3D model

How to generate dynamic BIM objects driven by Grasshopper (also known as “VisualARQ Grasshopper styles”) with unlimited options of design

How to automate many modelling tasks through the VisualARQ components built for Grasshopper 3D

How to add custom data to geometry and list in schedules

How to deliver BIM models and collaborate with other tools through the IFC import / export capabilities

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Good news! OpenNest, a Grasshopper plugin with tools for unrolling, packing and of course nesting curves directly inside your definitions, is now supported on ShapeDiver. The nesting algorithm of this amazing and free plugin allows you to place as many individual pieces as possible in a minimal space. A key step on the way to mass customization!

You can now send data to the ShapeDiver API regarding the result of nesting operation. For instance, the nesting density, material waste and number of sheet of material can be used for pricing calculations and to start planning the manufacturing steps.

Friday, March 1, 2019

The Rhino User Meeting Helsinki took place on the 24th January at the Aalto University with great success, great presentations, more than 110 participants and 10 exhibition partners.Some speakers have been kind enough to share their presentations, check the PDFs on the agenda.Check also the event's photos.

PAZ – Parametric Academy Zurich is presenting new and fresh courses for 2019 based principally on Rhino and Grasshopper on March 7 and 21, 2019 in Zurich.The presentation is oriented towards Architects, Designers and Engineers. Explaining the main concepts of computational design with different professional examples during the last years. Let's say goodbye to the old workflow! Creating new systems to approach more types of projects, raising the quality and control of our design and construction process.

SDMA 2019Symposium für digitale Methoden in der Architektur 2019Hochschule Düsseldorf (Germany)April 5-6, 2019Come join one of the 6 workshops at the new "Symposium für digitale Methoden in der Architektur" in Düsseldorf, including Grasshopper and VisualARQ.McNeel Europe will also show the new developments in Rhino WIP, including Sub-D, Compute and Inside.

Is it time for you to learn Grasshopper for Rhinoceros? Join us for this fast-paced two-day workshop. Andres Gonzalez Posada from McNeel Miami will be coming to our Seattle office to teach this class. You don't want to miss it!Seats are limited. Sign up today!

Grasshopper is the visual programming environment which is now included in Rhinoceros 6. Grasshopper scripts are represented by visual elements that progressively develop across the Grasshopper canvas. By creating visual Grasshopper scripts, designers explore and build their models from concept to fabrication.

This workshop will introduce you to Grasshopper and take you to an intermediate level. It will provide you with a functional understanding of Grasshopper and parametric design. The workshop will cover:

Understanding the interface

Modeling geometry

Data structures

The logic of using trees

A detailed class outline is available here.Notes:Basic working knowledge of Rhino 5 or 6 is required.Our Seattle classroom is outfitted with computers for each attendee to use during the training; laptops are not necessary.

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